Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I. Teams; 1. Cuban Giants: Black Baseball's Early Sports Stars / Leslie Heaphy; 2. Smilin' Bob Douglas and the Renaissance Big Five / Susan J. Rayl; 3. The Philadelphia Tribune Newsgirls: African American Women's Basketball at Its Best / J. Thomas Jable; 4. The Tennessee State Tigerbelles: Cold Warriors of the Track / Carroll Van West; II. Events; 5. The National Interscholastic Basketball Tournament: The Crown Jewel of African American High School Sports during the Era of Segregation / Robert Pruter

6. The Black Heart of Dixie: The Turkey Day Classic and Race in Twentieth-Century Alabama / Thomas Aiello7. Gold and Glory Sweepstakes: An African American Racing Experience / Todd Gould; 8. The East West Classic: Black America's Baseball Fiesta / Rob Ruck; III. Organizations; 9. Creating Order in Black College Sport: The Lasting Legacy of the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association / David K. Wiggins and Chris Elzey; 10. Game, Set, and Separatism: The American Tennis Association, a Tennis Vanguard / Sundiata Djata

11. Pars and Birdies in a Hidden World: African Americans and the United Golfers Association / Raymond Schmidt12. Basement Bowlers: The National Negro Bowling Association and Its Legacy of Black Leadership, 1939-1968 / Summer Cherland; Notes; Contributors; Index